Re: help me understand how a Mac is virtually immune to viruses?

Davoud:
> >Not so. In the case of a single-user Mac the user /must/ have
> >administrative privileges. In the case of multiple users at least one
> >user /must/ have administrative privileges. If your Macs operate
> >differently you have a problem.

Chris L Peterson:
> When I originally set up OS X on my system, I was automatically directed
> to set up an unprivileged account for normal use. Has this changed?

My mistake, absolutely. It slipped my mind that your Mac OS, and thus
your experience as a Mac user, differs from that of every other Mac
user in the Western Spiral Arm.

Davoud

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